Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Feb 17, 2025 10:00 AM EST

As much as some of us love to think big and imagine elaborate paybacks and revenge towards people who have done us wrong, we often chicken out at the last minute. Even if we know we have absolutely nothing to lose, gathering up the courage to give those people what they deserve is a lot easier said than done. 

That is why sometimes it might be better to plan your revenge not as this big event, but as something small that you might find easier to execute and deliver. When someone gets wrongfully fired, for example, it's so tempting to plot all these sophisticated paybacks that would truly have their boss regret their decision, but actually acting on it is something else entirely. Instead, it might be better to think of something lowkey and simple, for a final jab at the boss's face before completely leaving.

Deleting a random file, changing a password, or leaving some bad food at the back of the drawer of your desk, the possibilities are endless. 

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  • The path the employee in the story below took, after they got fired and demanded to return the uniform they already paid for, was both clever and hilarious, which is the purrfect combination in our opinion.

    It wasn't too complicated, and it gave them the opportunity to look at their boss's face as they delivered their payback right to their desk.

    Keep scrolling to read the full, and hissterical, story!

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    "I smiled sweetly at her and left the office"
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    The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.

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    "Put my Cat to Work"

    I got fired from a sales job by a supervisor who was systematically eliminating everyone and hiring in her sorority sisters.
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    I had dark black uniform skirts, pants, and blouses that I'd been forced to purchase. When I was fired, they demanded the uniforms back. I offered to
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    keep the skirts and blouses that cost up to what I'd paid to date (a couple hundred dollars worth), but they said no, demanded all items back, and refused to give me a refund.
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    They did say I could gather it all and bring it to them a couple of days later. After thoroughly reading my contract, I confirmed I was only required to bring them
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    back undamaged. It didn't say they had to be clean. So, when I got home, I poured everything in a big pile and called my cat over. She was a long-haired cat
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    who coated everything I owned in white fluff. When she understood that I was giving her free reign to sleep on the clothes, and she obliged.
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    The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.

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    Two days later, I dropped off a garbage bag filled with now-white, fur covered, stinky clothes. The supervisor got annoyed, but I just told her she might want to check the contract.
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    These clothes were quite undamaged, just not clean and that wasn't stipulated in the contract. I smiled sweetly at her and left the office.
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    Kitty did her job quite well and she got tuna for dinner that night. I eventually won a small claims court case getting my uniform money back. An all around win!
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    justaman_097 I wouldn't return a single thing that I had paid for.
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    OWretchedOne OP They were ugly as sin, so no big loss there. It was pretty. traumatic getting fired by that evil woman and, as someone else pointed out, being unemployed is no picnic. So, getting back my money was more important than keeping the ugly outfits.
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    Seasonized Is this seriously a thing? Where are you from? You were 100% justified, just can't fathom a company with policies like this.
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    OWretchedOne OP National company. Evil. Glad to have bested them in the end.
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    GreyWulfen That sounds scammy if they make you buy the uniforms and then demand them back but don't reimburse you. It should be one or the other. That's why you win the lawsuit I'm sure
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    mattmagnum If you were forced to purchase the items, they aren't company property, if they wanted them back they should have paid for them at the start or paid you back the amount you paid for them.
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    Odd-Outcome450 Collect unemployment and enjoy the vacay
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    Frari I eventually won a small claims court case getting my uniform money back. good ending! more people should small claims idiots like this.
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    Cosmicdusterian Good kitty. Excellent followup. Glad you sued them.
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    Adept Contribution33 Extea scratches from me!!! Good kitty. And smart Pawtent!!!!
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    Jennyelf I would have put that stuff in the litter box for a week. :)
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    Towtruck_73 Good to see your cat understood your malicious intent and was happy to help. Hope you got something nice for Kitty for her role lol
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